Sea God Island, Sea God Hall.
Bo Saixi stood tall and straight outside the hall with the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo under her command. Each of them had flushed cheeks and upturned corners of their mouths, their eyes filled with excitement; their expressions were just like those of fans seeing their idols. It was fortunate that ordinary people were not allowed near the Sea God Hall; otherwise, if any islanders saw them looking so undignified, their perception of these powerhouses would have been shattered to pieces.
Sea Maiden Douluo, who had a human body and a fish tail, stared at the closed hall doors with stars in her eyes, lost in a daze, while asking the Grand Offering Bo Saixi.
"Grand Offering, is that lord really inside?"
The other six Douluo also tilted their ears, waiting for the answer. They had been suddenly informed that the lord had descended and were told to line up here to serve; they were so excited that they hadn't even seen the person yet!
Bo Saixi's mental cultivation was stronger than the others, so her expression remained relatively normal as she whispered.
"He is."
"Yay!"
"Keep it down."
The young Sea Maiden Douluo had cried out in excitement, and Bo Saixi reprimanded her with a warning.
Sea Maiden Douluo realized her mistake and quickly covered her mouth, as if afraid of startling the person inside. Seeing this, Bo Saixi did not blame her much.
"Grand Offering, what is the lord here for this time?" Sea Dragon Douluo asked in a low voice, though his eyes seemed to harbor certain hopes.
"Just wait patiently."
Bo Saixi did not give a direct response and replied casually, because she didn't know either.
While they were whispering outside, a conversation was also taking place inside the Sea God Hall between that lord and a certain idle deity unknown to the people of Sea God Island.
"If you have time in the future, Senior, you might as well walk around the Human World more. Your believers have worshipped you for so many years; it would be too sad if they couldn't even see you once!" Yun Ming listened to the 'loud noise' outside and suggested to the person across from him.
Poseidon shook his head.
"The God Realm forbids it, and they may not sincerely wish to see me. Those who do wish to see me may not be seeing the real me."
"But there are always those who are sincere."
Regarding Poseidon's sober remarks, Yun Ming said this.
Poseidon said.
"But there is no way around it; the God Realm does not allow deities to descend to the mortal world!"
"What a pity."
Seeing that Poseidon did not want to talk about this, Yun Ming changed the subject.
"By the way, how is the situation in the God Realm now?"
Poseidon said casually.
"It's mostly settled, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come down."
"How was it handled?"
A God King taking action against the original Law Enforcement Gods of the God Realm was a massive affair, and Yun Ming was quite curious about the aftermath.
Mentioning this, compared to Yun Ming, who looked like he was ready to watch the drama, Poseidon only felt lingering fear. After all, after dealing with the two great Law Enforcement Gods that day, a second God Realm War had almost broken out. Although the Law Enforcement Gods were gone, the Fourteen Main Gods under them could still form two of the Three Great God Formations of the God Realm. Furthermore, the Second-rank Gods, Third-rank Gods, and God Officials below them were all still there, accounting for nearly half of the God Realm's combat power!
"How was it handled? With a grand ceremony."
Yun Ming: "?"
Poseidon explained.
"That day, the Evil and Good God Kings issued an 'Edict of Self-Reproach', vindicating the two God Kings and admitting their own crimes to the entire God Realm. They announced their abdication on the spot and will begin the Godhood Succession in the coming days."
Yun Ming stroked his chin and said.
"Using abdication to take the blame? Decisive enough. But if it were just abdication, those gods shouldn't have been so easy to appease, right? What happened next?"
Poseidon said.
"After abdicating to stabilize the gods and eliminating the risk of another war, they began a 'Forced Reconciliation' with the Fourteen Main Gods."
"Without the support of the gods, the two God Kings were unstoppable in the current God Realm. Plus, they controlled the core of the God Realm, and the two great God Formations couldn't hold them back. In the end, ten Main Gods were forced to abdicate, including the Seven Original Sin Gods who controlled the Divine Punishment Array."
"With the leaders gone, the matter naturally came to an end."
"Ten Main Gods, all settled in just a few days? Are successors really that easy to find? Those ten wouldn't have been very cooperative, would they!"
Ten days in the God Realm was ten years in the Human World. The fact that the Main God Succession was moving so fast, even with the deities being picky, surprised Yun Ming.
Poseidon said indignantly.
"Of course they weren't cooperative, but they couldn't stop the high quality of the successors!"
Yun Ming: "How so?"
"Those accepting the succession were all Designated Successors chosen by the two God Kings themselves."
"Fair enough!"
As reserves for the God King positions, their quality should indeed be quite high.
So, it turns out they decided to abdicate themselves, and before doing so, they cleared out the old guard for their successors, leaving behind a massive foundation! Although it wasn't very friendly to the two great contributors, they were certainly attentive to their heirs, thought Yun Ming, who did not understand the Destruction Style.
"Then how did they reward you, the Minister Who Assists the Dragon Throne? Passing on the Law Enforcement Godhood?"
"At your level, the only way to advance further is to take over a succession. Besides, those three Law Enforcement Godhoods can't just stay empty forever!"
Poseidon smiled.
"It is true that a succession is needed. Emotion, Destruction, and I were all promised Law Enforcement Godhoods. The other two have already completed their godhood transitions."
"I am the only one who refused the Life Godhood and asked for a different reward instead."
Yun Ming asked.
"What kind of request could compare to a God King level godhood?"
Poseidon: "Freedom."
The God Realm was too lonely! Even if they offered him a God King position, he couldn't stay there any longer.
"Freedom. That is indeed more precious!"
Yun Ming looked at Poseidon, who was calm and lighthearted as he spoke of giving up his position, and sighed with emotion.
"So, what was the reward you asked for?"
Hearing Yun Ming bring this up, Poseidon looked at him and said with a serious expression.
"The Sea God Position."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yun Ming understood the intention behind Poseidon seeking him out for a face-to-face conversation; the debt he had owed all those years ago was finally time to be repaid.
The scene fell into silence, and neither of them spoke again. Yun Ming was contemplating the possibilities, while Poseidon was waiting for the result.
Before long, Yun Ming spoke to Poseidon.
"I understand what you mean, but I cannot do it."
Even though Yun Ming's combat power was comparable to a God Official back then, he was still essentially a mortal, which was why Poseidon could control Yun Ming's timeline. But for Poseidon, who was at the peak of the Main God realm, no one could control his timeline now; he was simply too strong.
Yun Ming could not do it. Unless he dragged the Creation God of the World of Nothingness and the deceased Dragon God here, and the three of them worked together to control the past, present, and future respectively, it might be possible. But that lineup was not even worth mentioning.
"Is it impossible even if I perform a self-Slash Technique on my realm?", Poseidon asked hopefully.
Yun Ming shook his head.
"You can slash your cultivation, but what about your Hun?"
"Once your Hun is damaged, you will never pass the final trial, and in the end, you will only have a dead end."
"Then is there any other way?"
Poseidon had considered this outcome, but he was unwilling to accept it. Once he gave up his godhood, his strength would drop by at least thirty percent, at the very least!
After another long period of thought, Yun Ming finally spoke slowly.
"It is certainly impossible to follow the same path as me, but if the goal is just to preserve the godhood, it is not without a chance."
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